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  1. The Bureaucracy of Abandonment

    Olympia’s land office is paralyzed by backlogs, leaving settlers and their titles in legal limbo while officials in Washington, D.C. ignore local pleas for help.

    Mar 29, 1862Washington StandardOlympia, Thurston CountyFollow the Money

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